The University of Arizona College of Medicine ‒ Phoenix Student Publication
Head Horns and Other Myths
Cell phones seem to be one of the many boogeymen of modern society; they can be blamed for almost everything. Exasperated adults often lament…
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A Dangerous Nosocomial Fungus Among Us
Candidiasis, a fungal infection of the genus Candida, affects millions of people annually. It generally is not a serious infection. However, if a Candida…
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Medical advances can come from the most unlikely places. Nowhere is this more apparent than trends in diabetes management. Since 2005 the FDA has…
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Remarkably, Marijuana is legal in the United States, even with its classification as a Schedule I drug. With two-thirds of states passing legislation to…
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Musculoskeletal traumatic injuries are some of the leading causes of morbidity and disability worldwide. There is an increasing prevalence of post-traumatic and degenerative pathologies…
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Many aspects of our lives nowadays can be easily tracked on a smartphone, such as package deliveries, what our friends are doing, and our…
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New Initiatives to Prevent Pre-Hospital Hemorrhagic Deaths
Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) such as shootings, infrastructure collapses, or bombings can quickly overwhelm emergency medical resources with gravely injured victims. This has highlighted…
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 800 women die every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Based on…
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A Potential Drug of Concern for Pain Management
The United States has experienced a rapid increase in the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid medications since the beginning of the 1990s and…
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Psychological illnesses have serious clinical manifestations that can be debilitating. It has been known for a while now that endogenous derangements in the dopaminergic…
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